Separator and grader.



E.. .in SEPAEATUH k RER.

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1, 165,469. Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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a-.citizenf ofthe; UnitedStates, and resident of'. -Va1 1dreuil,in the county. of J acks'on'and State df-lfVisconsin, havel invented certain newand. useful- :Improvements in Separators andgGradeI-'sgvand I do hereby declare that the follomingfisa full, clear, and. exact del ipgpeasor the like into'diferent grades lfor.

scription thereof.

' 'Myinventionhas for-its objectto provide*l a; simple,'economical'and accurate screening mechanlsm. especially' deslgned for separatoanninggpurposes, its construction' and arrangementlbeing such that a series of rotato'rydrums are provided having =successively-- reduced mesh from the firstscreen tothe last` of the series,- whereby the Y' line.,v grades of peaswill be initially separatedifrom the coarsest grade at the -yfeedend of the'device as, lfor example, a No. 6

or coarfs'egrade of'peas will travel throughouty the entire-lengthv ofI the first 'screen 'and thefnext grade No. v will, ina like manner .travel throughout the entire length of the second screen', and` so on4 throughout the vseries. f I.

"H'ei'etoforethe screening or gradinghas l been-effected by a reverse arrangement of --th'el screen mesh whereby the peasj are -first 1 edto a fine grade of screen and travel sucv. 4feessively over a series-ofscifeen' sectlons 1ncreaslng 'm ineshg Practice hasv demon- Stratedthah-.inthis arrangement, the coarser des o'pea's in their'travel, will cause the trirfgrades to be sweptfforward due to the '4 inotiomof` the coarserpe'asv and Valso to the rovercome the objectionable tioned. Y

fact that the said coa-rser peas will fill they intersticesof the fine-mesh more or less and Aprevent the escape ofthe liner grade. Hence vthe:severalgrades are separated imperfectly as the smaller peas will be'mixed with the peas off' the coarser grades. to thus defeat the object of the .screening'method, as, for

example, ay portion of the No. 1 grade will be forced4 upon No. 2 screen and may be separatedwith the No. 2' grade, and so on throughout the series. My improved separating: and-grading device will e'ectua-lly features meni With' theabove objects in View the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combinatlon ot parts las set forthfhereinafter With 'reference yto the ac- Beii? known that I, EDWA'Rn Q-VAUDREUIIQ,

' y .,sEPAn'AToR A ND GRADER.;

vSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented De'cLZS, 1915*, imputation mea :ray s, 1914. :serial No. 837,102. l

COIPPny'iI-lg drawings andvv subsequently claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a longitudinal sectional view through a. screen mechanism. embodying the features of'my invention, and Fig. 2,an end view of the same with parts broken away andparts in section tumore clearly illustrate `certain details of construction. e

.Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents an outer screen drum, 6 an inner screen drum coiistituting a core and 2 to 5 inclusive intermediate screen drums, the

series, as shown, being in nested relations..

The body of No. 1 screen, for example, is

composed of 16/6-1 standard mesh; the next 18/64, l20/64, 22/64, .Q4/64, and the coarse screen 26/64. Hence it is apparent that the coarse screen constitutesareceiver and that the grade is successively refined from said screen to the outer drum 1. The body of.'4

the drums are preferably-formed from apertured sheet metal as shown.; L d the outer screen drum 1 is formed with: a' mesh of fine elongated apertures, as shownpthis screen servingto separate the cullsjfrom the No. 1

gradev of peas and the grades, for example,

are ordinarily designated vincanning from No. 1 to No. 6, which latter number is the largest size peas of the several grades, while the No. 1 is the smallest size used in canning.

The outer or culling drum 1 is the shortest of the series and' the. drums are progressively lengthened to present exposed' ends as shown, Which ends are provided with track-rings 7, 7', fitted about their eX- posed opposite ends, the track-rings 7' at the feed end of the device being provided,l

with teeth 8, whereby the drums are independently driven. Each drum is supported by sets of rollers 9, 9', which rollers engage the track-rings and one set of the rollers 9', at the feed end of the machine, is associated Withgear-Wheels 10, which gear-Wheels mesh with the teeth 8 of the track-rings, the said teeth constituting circular racks.l

`The several series of rollers 9 which support Ithe delivery ends of the drums are mounted in a suitable bracket 11 and the gear connected rollers 9 are mounted upon spindles 12, which spindles are. journaled in boxes that form part of a supporting bracket 11. These spindles have also secured thereto drive-Wheels 13, which drive- Wheels are in belt connection with a stepped pulley 14 that is mounted upon a countershaft 15, the said counter-shaft being journaled in suitable bearings with which the bracket 11 4is provided. The stepped pulle vis so proportioned with -relation to the rive-wheels 13 as to cause each of the \drums to revolve at the same peripheral speed in the direction as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, as, forexample, the smaller 1o step or face of the pulley 14 is in belt connection with the core drum and so on throughout the series the steps of the pulley are increased roportionately, whereby the outer or cull rum is driven by aL belt connection to the face of the pulley having the greatest diameter. y, l y

The feed end ofthe core drum has ro- ]'eting therein a feed hopper 16, w ich hopper is suitably sup orted ,from the bracket 11 and the disc arge end of the core drum 6 is rovi'ded with a delivery hopper 6', there ing similar hoppers 5', 4', 8', 2,'1', associated with the discharge ends of the remainin series of the drums. As best shown' in ig. 2, each drum is provided with a longitudinally Adisposed yieldable rollj17, which roll lis iournaled.

between bell-crank arms 18 that are mounted upon the brackets 11, 11;0` the 'free ends of the bell-cranks being jrovided y withweights .1 7, nwhereby the ro j s are held in yielding `contact with the outer surfaces of their respective drums. This device isl an important feature of my :invention and serves to press or force peas which have partly entered the interstices of the drum mesh clear of said mesh,wherebyV the d1s` lodged peas will be-caused to drop backward toward the bottom of the drums, it

being. understood that the clearing rolls are positioned upon the climbing sides of the drums as indicated by the arrow. vWhile I have shown rollers for effecting this cleaning operation, it is obvious that brushes or other yielding devices may be substituted for said rollers without departing from the spirit of my invention. i i

The outer or cull drum 1 of the series 1s rovided with a cleaning brush 19, which brush extends longitudinally of the drum f and is supported by the brackets. The tufts of the brush engage the inner surface of the screening drum 1 and serve to brush out y exception of the coarsest grade, which grade will be collected in the delivery hopper 6.

The next coarsest grade will be separated from the four remaining grades as the mass of peas travel through the drum 5 and so ,651, on .throughout the series. Hence it is obvious ,that the finest grade and culls will be finally deposited into the outer drum 1 and said culls being separated from the filial grade, the latter will be discharged into the associated collecting hop er 1, as indi cated.' It is apparent that, y this :system of grading as'the peas travelfroin 1ond te. end of the first drum, all grades beh, il;

No. 6, whichis the largest grade, will be E livened into the second screen before batch of peas has traveled haft a small' distance through thelength of the drum and hence inthe saine manner all grades will be accurately gaged as the peas are successively dropped'y through and''graded by the iemainder Vof the-.drum series.

I claim l l .f

1. A lseparator and ader comprising a series of rotary nested drums, a toothed ring secured to the end of eacli rum,.means for supporting the individual drums,- and an independent driving gear connection for each of the rings.r f

:2. A separator and grader comprising a series of rotary nested drums composed of porous material, a pair of bell-cranksfa'ssociated with the outer' surface of each drum exclusive of the outer drum, a roller carried by each pair of ben-cranks, anda brush 95 mechanism for eligagemi-.i1- with the inner surfa'ce of the outer drum of the series.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of 100 Wisconsin in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. VAUDREUIL Witnesses: l

GEO. W. YOUNG, M. E. DowNEr. 

